cord

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noun

The definition of a cord is string or rope that ties or a measurement of cut firewood.
1. An example of a cord is what attaches a plug to a lamp.
2. An example of a cord is wood stacked in a pile that is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet wide.

verb

Cordis defined as to attach or secure with a tie, especially a string, rope or wire.
An example of to cord is to connect a wire to a laptop.

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cord

a thick string or thin rope
any force acting as a tie or bond
Origin of cord
from use of a cord in measuring
a measure of wood cut for fuel, equal to 128 cubic feet (3.6 m), as arranged in a pile 8 feet (2.4 m) long, 4 feet (1.2 m) high, and 4 feet (1.2 m) wide
1. a rib on the surface of a fabric
2. cloth with a ribbed surface; corduroy
3. [pl.] corduroy trousers
Anat. any part resembling a cord: the spinal cord, vocal cords, umbilical cord
Elec. a slender, flexible, insulated electrical cable, as one fitted at one end with an electrical plug to connect a lamp to an outlet

Origin of cord

Middle English and Old French corde from Classical Latin chorda from Classical Greek chord?, catgut, chord, cord from Indo-European base an unverified form gher-, intestine from source yarn

to fasten, connect, or provide with a cord or cords
to stack (wood) in cords

cord Idioms

cut the cord

Informal to cease being overdependent, as upon one's parents

Origin of cord

with ref. to the umbilical cord

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cord

noun

A slender length of flexible material usually made of twisted strands or fibers and used to bind, tie, connect, or support. See Usage Note at chord¹.
An insulated flexible electric wire fitted with a plug or plugs.
A hangman's rope.
An influence, feeling, or force that binds or restrains; a bond or tie.
also chord Anatomy A long ropelike structure, such as a nerve or tendon: a spinal cord.
a. A raised rib on the surface of cloth.
b. A fabric or cloth with such ribs.
cords Pants made of corduroy.
A unit of quantity for cut fuel wood, equal to a stack measuring 4 × 4 × 8 feet or 128 cubic feet (3.62 cubic meters).

transitive verb

cord·ed, cord·ing, cords

To fasten or bind with a cord: corded the stack of old newspapers and placed them in the recycling bin.
To furnish with a cord.
To pile (wood) in cords.

Origin of cord

Middle English from Old French corde from Latin chorda from Greek khordē ; see gherə- in Indo-European roots.

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cord′er
noun

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Noun

(plural cords)

A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.
He looped some cord around his fingers.
A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
(in plural cords) See cords.
Common misspelling of chord: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
Dated form of chord: musical sense.
(figuratively) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
(anatomy) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords

Verb

(third-person singular simple present cords, present participle cording, simple past and past participle corded)

To furnish with cords
To tie or fasten with cords
To flatten a book during binding
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

Origin

From Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khorda), Ionic χορδή (khorde, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”)